On the men's side, the French team got off to a perfect start to their world championship in Qatar with a good 3/0 victory against Germany. Alexis Salles returns this first day before to face Paraguay and its many APT players this afternoon.

Dangerous Germans

We were suspicious of Germany. They beat the Netherlands in the qualifying matches. The Dutch are good, they have players who play the APT Padel Tower. So we knew we had to stay very serious.

And then it's also a first match in a competition. It's never easy to enter a tournament. We prepared as if it was a decisive opposition and that we should especially not miss it.

On the fields, the players arrived in warrior mode and our life was easier.

Even at 2/0, we played the last game as if it was a game that mattered. We put in the ingredients to make our life easy.

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A 3rd strategic position

In 3rd position, we wanted to put a competitive and fit pair, just in case, to ensure. Bastien Blanqué and Thomas Leygue form a very competitive team which remains on very good performances so it was perfect. The other point to emphasize is that Thomas is 100% ready. Physically he is at the top. Bad memories, in particular linked to the P2000 Toulouse package, are behind him.

They ended up playing relaxed, relaxed. This is perfect for finding confidence and perhaps leaving some recent events behind for good. (editor's note. Injuries and Europe in Marbella for Thomas, two defeats in the first round of the WPT preprevias for Bastien)

The team is fully involved. They are ready, and we will have to be against Paraguay this afternoon because the level will certainly be a tone above again against this very good team from Latin America.

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Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovers the padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since padel is part of his life. You often see him touring France going to cover the major events of padel French.

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